Indiana’s Weather For Monday
Six of the first eight days of August in Indianapolis featured highs in the 90s. It hasn’t been above 90 again since then. (There’s something I always like to add right about now: “SHHH!”) Of course, that particular streak ended with a bang. The high August 8 was 98 degrees. It was the 49th time […]
Indiana’s Weather For Friday
Can you see the forest for the trees? The latest US Drought Monitor still shows the state in a state of drought, but the picture has improved again from a week ago. Once we’re out of the forest, we *may* look back at August as the turning point in an overall warm and dry pattern. […]
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
There’s a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in the southern half of the state until midnight, with the biggest threats coming from large hail and damaging wind. A line of storms is moving into southwest Indiana, the area of the state still suffering the most from the Drought. Up to two inches of rain had already fallen […]
Indiana’s Weather For Thursday
Time passages. The signs are everywhere. The sunrise doesn’t come until exactly 7am tomorrow, school buses are back on my street, and the Colts are back on TV. Our immediate weather news is the passage of a cold front that will happen sometime this evening. In front of the front: another warm day. In fact, […]
Indiana’s Weather For Wednesday
We’re now halfway through a month that has put the brake on the “bake.” The month that has slowed the seemingly endless sizzle of the Summer of 2012. Consider this: Indy just wrapped up five consecutive days of below normal temperatures, for the first time this year! Evansville also just wrapped up five consecutive days […]
Recent Rains & Large Hail
Rain in the past 5 days has dented the drought. Hail Thursday night dented some cars, especially around Plainfield. Egg-sized hail fell on some. The picture at the top of this post is from Facebook friend Jackie Smith Sanders. Here’s another shot from Twitter follower @sylvia-g-miller. The Storm Prediction Center reported that corn and soy […]
Indiana’s Weather For Monday
Hello, one hundred! The Summer Of The Century (Mark) marches on today, with a chance of triple digits in west central Indiana. That looks to be the axis of biggest afternoon highs. Not that Indy will be far behind. I’m forecasting 98, which will be the 36th 90+ day of the Summer of 2012 in […]
Indiana’s Weather For Sunday
Hope you enjoyed another morning in the 60s, because that little break is toast after today. The nonstop 90s are back until next weekend. Today will be the 35th 90+ day of the Summer of 2012 in Indianapolis. The average is 15 and the record is 58. The latest national Drought Monitor shows 64 percent […]
How Much Rain Fell Wednesday & Thursday?
Scattered showers and storms Wednesday and Thursday stayed the longest over Hancock County as this map shows. (Full sized version.) (A wider view.) As much as 4 inches fell around Fortville. Generally over an inch fell over much of northern and eastern Indiana. Amounts were smaller west and southwest of Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Airport ended […]
Indiana’s Weather For Tuesday
Toto, I don’t think we’re in Indiana anymore. I think we’re in Texas–you know, everything’s BIGGER now. The Drought, the thunderstorm clouds, the temperatures… First, the Fahrenheit: Triple digits are do-able today. Let’s do some IF,THEN programming, keeping in mind my forecast high for Indy is 99. IF we get to 100 THEN we would […]
Indiana’s Weather For Sunday
Some saw showers Saturday, but the upper air support for that stuff seems to have moved on for Sunday. I doubt anything beyond a pop-up storm will darken our doppler doorstep today. That’s probably only going to happen southeast of the city during the afternoon hours. The precip totals were streaky yesterday. Totals peaked just […]
